FreeTDS Development Group

["Thomas, Christopher (LLU)" <cwthomas AT llu.edu>]

Hello,

I don't have a SQL Server 2005 box but I bet you are running a FreeTDSS
that's too old. It probably came out before MSSQL Server 2005 was out.
Try a newer version. v0.62.1, eh? Did you use the rpms from the ftp
site? If you used the rpms, then I bet you are afraid to compile stuff.
But don't be afraid to compile FreeTDS on Fedora because it is real
simple. I'm thinking about writing an article or something so people
will know how to do it.

Here are the steps:

1) make sure you have the development stuff (gcc, rpmbuild, etc.)
installed on your system.
2) make sure you have the unixodbc-devel package installed on your
system.
3) if you don't have a build environment setup, here is how to create
one:

# mkdir -p $HOME/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
# echo "%home %(echo $HOME)" >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
# echo "%_topdir     %{home}/rpmbuild" >> $HOME/.rpmmacros

4) download the latest stable version of FreeTDS from their website.
5) rename the download file from freetds-stable.tgz to
freetds-0.64.tar.gz
6) compile the code and make rpm packages:

# rpmbuid -tb freetds-0.64.tar.gz



Now you should have the freetds rpms sitting in your $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS
directory. I would uninstall the old freetds rpms before installing the
new ones. I hope these instructions help.


Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:freetds-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Vaughan
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:08 AM
To: freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [freetds] MSSQL2005 with FreeTDS problem

We just moved our database from MSSQL 7 to MSSQL 2005 and my ability to
connect to the db is gone. My Freetds version is 0.62.1 and my UnixODBC
version is 2.2.8. I've changed the odbc.ini and freetds.conf to reflect
the new server/db info and I've been able to connect though TSQL but not
ISQL. I'm wondering if it's a driver issue I should be looking to
upgrade both FreeTDS and UnixODBC or if it's just FreeTDS that needs the
upgrade (to 0.63). 

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[unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unable to connect to data source
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect

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Thank you all very much!
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